Safety-holder.



- No. 693,065. .Patentd Feb. ||,"|902. A. RAUDN'ITZ. Y

SAFETY HOLDER.

(Application filed Nov, 14, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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- UNITED STATES PATENT GF-FICE.

ADOLPII RAUDNITZ, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,065, dated February 11, 1902. Application filed November 14, 1901. Serial No. 82,306. (No model.)

To all whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, ADOLPH RAUDNlTzpa citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the borough of Manhattan and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to metallic fasteners engageable with belts and bindings, and is particularlyadapted to support chatelainebags or fob watch-chains.

It is Well known that the ordinary barchains'cannot be used by men with outing cos.- tume fOFlfiiCk of an engaging surface in the belt. My device substitutes for the bar effects the desired'end.

It is evident that my safety-holder is almost universal in scope, and its cheapness, strength, beauty, and simplicity are marked.

To the ends above enumerated my inven tion consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinaftendescribed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device, showing a portion of pendent chatelainechains; Fig. 2, a vertical central section of the same; Figs. 3 and 4, an edge view and rear ele -vation, respectively, of the holder; and Fig. 5

is a perspective view of the stud with a modified form of handle.

Like letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the views.

In detail my device A has a body portion consisting of a strip of spring metal b, one end of which is inwardly folded to form a down wardly-directed hook 0, extending nearly the whole length of the body, while the opposite end is folded back in an opposite direction against the strip b, forming a spring-tongue d and a loop 6. The free extremity of the spring-tongue is preferably bent slightly outward. The said loop furnishes a passagefor the ring or link f of the chatelaine or watch chain g. For the purposes of ornamentation and in certain cases for augmented strength a metallic face-plate a may be soldered or otherwise affixed to the face of the body-strip b.

A stud h transversely pierces the lower central portion of my device and'traverses the tongue d through a small opening 41 in the tongue. 1 Near its end a pin traverses the stud at right angles thereto, forming lateral projections lo 70. The head Z of the stud carries 'a ring m or bar n, (shown, respectively, in

Figs. 2 and 5,) by means of which the stud it maybe rotated by the wearer. A horizontal swell or rib w is formed in the tongue (1, and it is through the hole 1' in the center of this that the stud it passes.

The operation of my device is as follows: The hook member 0 is inserted between the body of the wearer and the belt 1:. During insertion the parts are as shown in Fig. 2' namely, the stud projections, are horizontally disposed and register with the rib w of the spring-tongue. After insertion the wearer rotates the stud by means of the handle 'm, bringing the projections it into a vertical position. This forces the spring-tongue (1 outward and into forcible contact with the face of the belt, and thus firmly fixes my holder in position,insuring safety from displacement by accident or theft.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the' character described, the

combination with a body of adownwardly-' ADOLPH RAUDNITZ.

Witnesses:

ALFRED DE VIDE, M. A. ROBINSON. 

